peaceful

Other forms of peaceful

comparative

peacefuller·

superlative

peacefullest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about peaceful

What does peaceful mean?

peaceful means "not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in peaceful?

peaceful has 2 syllables: peace-ful. The stress falls on "peace". In IPA it is /ˈpisfəl/.

What is another word for peaceful?

Close synonyms include peaceable, passive. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of peaceful?

The recorded antonyms are unpeaceful.

Is peaceful a common word?

peaceful is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.